# init

URL: /bengal/cli/config/init/
Section: config
Description: Create configuration structure

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Command

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`bengal config init`

Create configuration structure

4Options

## Usage

```
bengal config init [OPTIONS]
```

## Options

Option
Type
Description

`--force`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Overwrite existing config files

`--init-type`

`STRING`

Config structure type: directory or file

Default:`directory`

`--source`

`STRING`

Source directory path

`--template`

`STRING`

Config template: docs, blog, minimal

Default:`docs`